Stefan Wüst

15.7k total citations · 7 hit papers
99 papers, 11.7k citations indexed

About

Stefan Wüst is a scholar working on Behavioral Neuroscience, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism and Social Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Stefan Wüst has authored 99 papers receiving a total of 11.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 72 papers in Behavioral Neuroscience, 30 papers in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism and 26 papers in Social Psychology. Recurrent topics in Stefan Wüst's work include Stress Responses and Cortisol (72 papers), Hormonal Regulation and Hypertension (25 papers) and Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior (17 papers). Stefan Wüst is often cited by papers focused on Stress Responses and Cortisol (72 papers), Hormonal Regulation and Hypertension (25 papers) and Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior (17 papers). Stefan Wüst collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and United Kingdom. Stefan Wüst's co-authors include Dirk H. Hellhammer, Brigitte M. Kudielka, Clemens Kirschbaum, Ilona S. Federenko, Robert Kumsta, Sonja Entringer, Wolff Schlotz, Jens C. Pruessner, Marcella Rietschel and Fabian Streit and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Stefan Wüst

98 papers receiving 11.4k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Salivary cortisol as a biomarker in stress research

2008 1.4k citations Dirk H. Hellhammer, Stefan Wüst et al. Psychoneuroendocrinology profile →
City living and urban upbringing affect neural social stress processing in humans

2011 1.1k citations Florian Lederbogen, Peter Kirsch et al. Nature profile →
Assessment of the cortisol awakening response: Expert consensus guidelines

2015 761 citations Brigitte M. Kudielka, Jens C. Pruessner et al. Psychoneuroendocrinology profile →
Why do we respond so differently? Reviewing determinants of human salivary cortisol responses to challenge

2008 754 citations Brigitte M. Kudielka, Dirk H. Hellhammer et al. Psychoneuroendocrinology profile →
Consistent sex differences in cortisol responses to psychological stress.

1992 598 citations Stefan Wüst, Dirk H. Hellhammer et al. profile →
The cortisol awakening response - normal values and confounds.

2000 592 citations Stefan Wüst, Dirk H. Hellhammer et al. profile →
Genetic factors, perceived chronic stress, and the free cortisol response to awakening

2000 521 citations Stefan Wüst, Ilona S. Federenko et al. Psychoneuroendocrinology profile →

Peers

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Citations

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Stefan Wüst

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	The Ups and Downs of Brain Stress: Extending the Triple Network Hypothesis 2025 ·Biological Psychiatry Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging ·(unknown), (unknown), Christoph Bärtl, (unknown), (unknown), T. Krause, (unknown), Lea Waller, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Fabian Streit, Ilya M. Veer, Peter Kirsch, Thomas E. Nichols, Brigitte M. Kudielka, Stefan Wüst, Susanne Erk, Henrik Walter	0
2	- Brain activation changes as predictors for perceived stress and cortisol awakening responses over a 13-months stress period 2024 ·Psychoneuroendocrinology ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Elisabeth Kraus, Christoph Bärtl, (unknown), Sandra Zänkert, (unknown), Peter Kirsch, Brigitte M. Kudielka, Stefan Wüst	1
3	Association of polygenic scores for depression and neuroticism with perceived stress in daily life during a long‐lasting stress period 2023 ·Genes Brain & Behavior ·(unknown), (unknown), Fabian Streit, Josef Frank, (unknown), Marcella Rietschel, Brigitte M. Kudielka, Stefan Wüst	2
4	Associations between cortisol stress responses and limbic volume and thickness in young adults: An exploratory study 2023 ·European Journal of Neuroscience ·(unknown), (unknown), Brigitte M. Kudielka, Stefan Wüst, Thomas E. Nichols, (unknown)	2
5	Neural correlates of everyday moral decision-making: An exploratory ScanSTRESS study. 2023 ·Psychology & Neuroscience ·(unknown), (unknown), Christoph Bärtl, (unknown), (unknown), Stefan Wüst, Brigitte M. Kudielka	2
6	Externalizing behavior in healthy young adults is associated with lower cortisol responses to acute stress and altered neural activation in the dorsal striatum 2021 ·Psychophysiology ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Christoph Bärtl, Claudia Massau, Christian Kärgel, Boris Schiffer, Hedwig Eisenbarth, Stefan Wüst, Brigitte M. Kudielka	13
7	Simultaneous quantification of steroid hormones and endocannabinoids (ECs) in human hair using an automated supported liquid extraction (SLE) and LC-MS/MS – Insights into EC baseline values and correlation to steroid concentrations 2020 ·Talanta ·(unknown), Markus R. Baumgartner, Thomas Kræmer, Stefan Wüst, Tina M. Binz	54
8	Corroborative evidence for an association between initial hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenocortical axis reactivity and subsequent habituation in humans 2020 ·Psychoneuroendocrinology ·(unknown), Peggy M. Zoccola, Stefan Wüst, Ilona S. Yim	4
9	24 h urinary free cortisol in large-scale epidemiological studies: Short-term and long-term stability and sources of variability 2014 ·Psychoneuroendocrinology ·Judith G.M. Rosmalen, Ido P. Kema, Stefan Wüst, Claude van der Ley, Sipke T. Visser, Harold Snieder, Stephan J. L. Bakker	30
10	Stress exposure in intrauterine life is associated with shorter telomere length in young adulthood 2011 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Sonja Entringer, Elissa S. Epel, Robert Kumsta, Jue Lin, Dirk H. Hellhammer, Elizabeth H. Blackburn, Stefan Wüst, Pathik D. Wadhwa	289
11	Sexual dysfunction during treatment with serotonergic and noradrenergic antidepressants: Clinical description and the role of the5-HTTLPR 2011 ·The World Journal of Biological Psychiatry ·Jana Strohmaier, Stefan Wüst, Rudolf Uher, Neven Henigsberg, Ole Mors, Joanna Hauser, Daniel Souery, Astrid Zobel, Mojca Zvezdana Dernovšek, Fabian Streit, Christine Schmäl, Dejan Kozel, Anna Placentino, Anne Farmer, Peter McGuffin, Katherine J. Aitchison, Marcella Rietschel	27
12	Transcriptional control of the human glucocorticoid receptor: identification and analysis of alternative promoter regions 2011 ·Human Genetics ·Lei Cao-Lei, (unknown), Robert Kumsta, Stefan Wüst, Jobst Meyer, Jonathan D. Turner, Claude P. Muller	50
13	City living and urban upbringing affect neural social stress processing in humans breakdown → 2011 ·Nature ·Florian Lederbogen, Peter Kirsch, Leila Haddad, Fabian Streit, Heike Tost, Philipp Schuch, Stefan Wüst, Jens C. Pruessner, Marcella Rietschel, Michael Deuschle, Andreas Meyer‐Lindenberg	1066
14	Association between a Serotonin Transporter Length Polymorphism and Primary Insomnia 2010 ·SLEEP ·Michael Deuschle, Michael Schredl, Cláudia Schilling, Stefan Wüst, Josef Frank, Stephanie H. Witt, Marcella Rietschel, Magdalena Buckert, Andreas Meyer‐Lindenberg, Thomas G. Schulze	78
15	Glucocorticoid receptor gene polymorphisms and glucocorticoid sensitivity of subdermal blood vessels and leukocytes 2008 ·Biological Psychology ·Robert Kumsta, Sonja Entringer, Jan W. Koper, Elisabeth F. C. van Rossum, Dirk H. Hellhammer, Stefan Wüst	31
16	Prenatal psychosocial stress exposure is associated with insulin resistance in young adults 2008 ·American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology ·Sonja Entringer, Stefan Wüst, Robert Kumsta, (unknown), Edward L. Nelson, Dirk H. Hellhammer, Pathik D. Wadhwa	115
17	Characterization of a glucocorticoid receptor gene (GR, NR3C1) promoter polymorphism reveals functionality and extends a haplotype with putative clinical relevance 2008 ·American Journal of Medical Genetics Part B Neuropsychiatric Genetics ·Robert Kumsta, Dirk Moser, Fabian Streit, Jan W. Koper, Jobst Meyer, Stefan Wüst	45
18	Is the cortisol awakening rise a response to awakening? 2007 ·Psychoneuroendocrinology ·Ines Wilhelm, Jan Born, Brigitte M. Kudielka, Wolff Schlotz, Stefan Wüst	388
19	A Common Polymorphism in the Mineralocorticoid Receptor Modulates Stress Responsiveness 2006 ·The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism ·Roel H. DeRijk, Stefan Wüst, Onno C. Meijer, Maria‐Christina Zennaro, Ilona S. Federenko, Dirk H. Hellhammer, Gilberta Giacchetti, Erno Vreugdenhil, Frans G. Zitman, E. R. de Kloet	160
20	Association of a polymorphism in the H6PD gene and basal cortisol secretion, body fat mass and leptin level (Assoziation eines Polymorphismus im H6PD Gen mit basaler Cortisolsekretion, Fettmasse und Leptinwerten) 2005 ·Silja Bellingrath, Robert Kumsta, Jobst Meyer, Dirk Moser, Ilona S. Federenko, Dirk H. Hellhammer, Stefan Wüst	1

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